Simple songs, played simply. No frills, no excess. The Rents are a Pittsburgh based band that came together to build upon a group of raw, but powerful songs written by Jocelyn Rent, singer and guitar player for the band. After spending a number of years fronting the popular Pittsburgh based band, Omega Love, Jocelyn Rent, and husband Jon Rent (drummer for Omega Love and The Rents), settled into a quiet life in the suburbs, raising their children. Eventually, Jocelyn found that the quiet life didn’t quite fit her, and she began composing music once again, when she found the time, in order to maintain sanity. These songs form the core of the sound of The Rents, and work through a number of universal themes like love, longing, children, growing older, desire, dreams, and death. The band began to take form when banjo player, Jason Pietropaulo began playing with the duo. His unique and unpolished style adds a gritty texture to Jocelyn’s raw guitar, and hauntingly sultry vocal style. Eventually the enchanting vocalist Mary Beth Kletter was added to round out and give more depth to the vocals. The final pieces of the puzzle fell into place with the addition of Tony Henderson on bass and Luke Williams (former guitarist for Omega Love).